• Zvyozdochka [she/her, comrade/them]
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    5 months ago

    And this is why we use Rust! Though, C will always hold a special place in my heart and I still love it. Sure, it's dangerous and what not and it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot or whatever the new saying is these days, but there's something really fun about having almost zero guard rails and having the ability to just do anything.

    • footfaults [none/use name]
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      edit-2
      5 months ago

      And this is why we use Rust!

      Question: How do you tell if someone programs in Rust?

      Answer: Just wait, they'll eventually tell you in an unrelated conversation

    • dat_math [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      there's something really fun about having almost zero guard rails and having the ability to just do anything.

      imo this makes it such a useful tool for learning computer programming

      • Zvyozdochka [she/her, comrade/them]
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        5 months ago

        Agreed! C is the language I recommend to people if they want to learn how things work at a low level since you're basically one step above raw assembly. It was one of the first languages I learned and helped a lot with understanding things later on when working with other languages.